condensation: when vapor (gas) cools and turns into a liquid.
delta: islands of silt and mud which form at the mouth (end) of a river.
environment: everything around us that makes up where we live.
evaporation: when water changes into a vapor and rises.
flood: a huge flow of water that rises and spreads over land.
gravity: the force that pulls everything towards the center of the earth.
lock: a canal with gates that raises and lowers boats from one level to another.
meander: where a river curves or bends.
pollution: anything that makes our natural environment impure or sick.
precipitation: water that falls to earth as rain, sleet, hail, snow.
protection laws: rules made by states or countries that guard against our environment being hurt. river: a natural stream of water that flows into a larger body of water (ex lake, larger river, bay, ocean).
silt: the small dirty bits that are carried downstream by moving water.
source: the very beginning of a stream or river.
stream: a very small river (along with brook, rivulet, creek).
system: a group of parts that work together as a whole (ex transportation system, digestive system, river system).
tributary: a small river that flows into a larger river.
water cycle: the never-ending pattern of water rising and falling on our planet.
watershed: a large area of land that catches, collects and directs precipitation.
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condensation: when vapor (gas) cools and turns into a liquid.
delta: islands of silt and mud which form at the mouth (end) of a river.
environment: everything around us that makes up where we live.
evaporation: when water changes into a vapor and rises.
flood: a huge flow of water that rises and spreads over land.
gravity: the force that pulls everything towards the center of the earth.
lock: a canal with gates that raises and lowers boats from one level to another.
meander: where a river curves or bends.
pollution: anything that makes our natural environment impure or sick.
precipitation: water that falls to earth as rain, sleet, hail, snow.
protection laws: rules made by states or countries that guard against our environment being hurt.
river:
a natural stream of water that flows into a larger body of water (ex lake, larger river, bay, ocean).
silt: the small dirty bits that are carried downstream by moving water.
source: the very beginning of a stream or river.
stream: a very small river (along with brook, rivulet, creek).
system: a group of parts that work together as a whole (ex transportation system, digestive system, river system).
tributary: a small river that flows into a larger river.
water cycle: the never-ending pattern of water rising and falling on our planet.
watershed: a large area of land that catches, collects and directs precipitation.
water table: a level of underground water.
Additional Vocabulary -Landscape
mountain
volcano
hill
desert
shore
plain
plateau
valley
canyon
cliff
island
peninsula
archipelago
Additional Vocabulary-Waterscape
sea
ocean
lake
bay
gulf
harbor
strait
pond
river
stream
glacier
Additional Vocabulary-Geography
geography
map
atlas
globe
compass rose
scale
key
equator
continent
country
direction
north, south, east, west
hemisphere
north pole
south pole
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